NFL Quarterback Club 99

NFL Quarterback Club '99, released in November 1998, developed by Iguana Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment for Nintendo 64, is one of the first sports games to work with the Expansion Pak.[2] The game features the ability to replay past Super Bowls and provides historical descriptions of them.[3] NFL Quarterback Club '99 delivers all 31 teams and 3D rendered stadiums (also included are the Cleveland Browns).[3] 1,500 players are featured in the game with over 250 motion-capture animations.[3] Players, along with teams, uniforms, coaches, and playbooks can also be created and used in game.[3] Play-by-play is handled by Mike Patrick, color calls by Randy Cross and referee calls by Jerry Markbreit.[3] Charlie Weis and Dedric Ward served as consultants for the game.[3]

NFL Quarterback Club '99
Developer(s)Iguana Entertainment
Publisher(s)Acclaim Entertainment
SeriesNFL Quarterback Club
Platform(s)Nintendo 64
Release
  • NA: November 10, 1998[1]
  • EU: December 1998
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

NFL Quarterback Club '99 expands upon its predecessor's gameplay significantly through the addition of more fluent controls, animations and graphics. While these are seemingly minor additions to the game, these improvements can serve to make the game much more enjoyable and appealing to fans of the NFL.

The game allows the user to play as every NFL team that was available at the time (1999 NFL Season) and control all of its players, including newly drafted early round quarterbacks Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf. Each team has ratings based on certain strengths and weaknesses observed in the 1998 NFL season and projections by the developers. This provides a realistic lack of power balance between a team like the San Diego Chargers and the Green Bay Packers.

In addition, the game featured teams from NFL Europe.[4]

Like its predecessor, the game features many glitches. The most notable is a glitch that allows a player who is controlling a quarterback the ability to gain a significant amount of speed, or sort of teleport, by using the pump fake technique.

Reception

NFL Quarterback Club 99 received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[5]

References
  1. "QBC 99 Kicks of[f] Holidays". Acclaim Entertainment. November 5, 1998. Archived from the original on August 26, 2004.
  2. "Acclaim Sports' NFL Quarterback Club 99 to Support Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak". Business Wire. Berkshire Hathaway. September 4, 1998. Archived from the original on December 3, 1998. Retrieved June 18, 2019 – via Yahoo.com.
  3. Bassave, Roy (January 31, 1999). "QB 99 kicks off new ballgame". Telegraph Herald. Woodward Communications, Inc. p. 43. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  4. Carter, Chip; Carter, Jonathan (February 16, 1999). "Inside the video games". Rome News-Tribune. Times-Journal Inc. p. 12. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  5. "NFL Quarterback Club 99 for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 12, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  6. Marriott, Scott Alan. "NFL Quarterback Club 99 - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  7. "NBA Quaterback [sic] Club 99". Consoles + (in French). No. 84. January 1999. p. 124. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  8. EGM staff (January 1999). "NFL Quarterback Club 99". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 114. Ziff Davis.
  9. Storm, Jon; Anderson, Paul; Reiner, Andrew (December 1998). "NFL Quarterback Club 99". Game Informer. No. 68. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on September 8, 1999. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  10. The Rookie (January 1999). "Sketchy A.I. and Bunk Passing Sack QB Club '99". GamePro. No. 124. IDG Entertainment. p. 152. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  11. Broady, Vince (November 20, 1998). "NFL Quarterback Club 99 Review [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  12. Cheung, Kevin (December 1998). "NFL Quarterback Club 99". Hyper. No. 62. Next Media Pty Ltd. p. 44. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  13. Casamassina, Matt (November 10, 1998). "NFL Quarterback Club '99". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  14. "NFL Quarterback Club '99". N64 Magazine. No. 23. Future plc. January 1999.
  15. "NFL Quarterback Club '99". Nintendo Power. Vol. 114. Nintendo of America. November 1998. p. 123. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
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